All articles filed in Music

So last week, I penned a K-Chuck Radio blog post about artists and bands who use a similar name or nickname as other more famous artists or bands. You know, this blog post. Well, apparently … I missed one. And it’s a doozy. See, there was an Australian garage band in the 1960’s who took…

Over and over. Those eight words kept rumbling in my brain last night. Over and over. Every time I thought I could fall asleep … those eight words pulled me out of Slumberland Highway and parked me on a park bench. Background. Earlier in the day, while listening to one of my streaming audio channels…

The year was 1982. As a college student with a fresh radio spot on Hamilton College’s radio station WHCL, I penned an editorial that was later picked up by Billboard magazine. The article was read by a mobile DJ in Melbourne, Australia, who sent me a cassette tape of various Oz Rock artists that hadn’t…

I’ve heard about the Eurovision song contest. I’ve heard the results of the Eurovision song contest. I even watched that 2020 film on Netflix – that one with Will Ferrell, you know the one. So when I discovered that the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest was available for us American viewers via the Peacock streaming service,…

Bill Fries passed away last Friday. The former mayor of Ouray, Colorado lived to the ripe old age of 93. Prior to his political career, he worked in advertising, and had a successful campaign for a Nebraska-based bread. I knew him, however, as C.W. McCall. And most people knew C.W. McCall as the person behind…

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently announced their nominees for the next induction, and among those on the nomination list were country music singer, songwriter, philanthropist and all-around nice person Dolly Parton. Now you’re thinking to yourself … Dolly Parton, rock and roller? Well, you could make a convincing argument that many of…

Marvin Lee Aday passed away. He was 74. But if you’ve never known him as Marvin Lee Aday, you would certainly know him by his stage name. Meat Loaf. For Meat Loaf was one of the strongeset purveyors of bombastic theatrical rock, a musical genre that encompassed big, stirring lyrics, explosive melodies, and movement changes…

So even though I can’t photograph the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train this year, thanks to COVID-19 still active (thanks a pantload, all you navel-gazing anti-vaxxers), there is still a concert scheduled that will raise money for food banks and community pantries throughout North America. So instead of happily freezing my fingers off, taking photos of…

Clarification. What we know today as the beloved character Winnie the Pooh in all the Walt Disney movies and TV shows was actually the main character in a series of children’s books, including The House at Pooh Corner and Now We Are Six, written by A.A. Milne. The character of Winnie-the-Pooh was based on his…